Guide-eye for cloth-washing machines



(No Model.)

H; J. KENNEDY. GUIDE EYE FOR CLOTH WASHING MACHINES.

No. 443,285. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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HENRY J. KENNEDY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

GUIDE-EYE FOR CLOTH-WASHING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatent No. 443,285, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed October 18, 1889. Serial No. 827,432. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Camden, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Guide-Eyes for OlothJVashing Machines, &c.,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so form the guide-eye of a cloth-washing machine or similar machine that the cloth as it passes through the eye will be turned and presented to the rollers in a different shape from that which it was in when it previously left the rollers, thus avoiding the permanent creasing of the cloth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a washing-machine with my improved guideeye. Fig. 2 is a side View, partly in section, of a Washing-machine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the guide-eye, and Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of the same.

A is the casing of the washing-machine.

B B are the wringing-rollers, mounted on v shafts D D, the shaft D being provided with a fast pulley d and a loose pulley d, and the two shafts D D are geared together by gear-wheels c c.

E is a guiding-roll, over which the cloth to be washed is passed.

F in the present instance is a permanent cross-bar and F is a movable cross-bar. In these cross-bars are pockets f f for the reception of the shanks g g of the guide-eyes G, Fig. 3.

The guide'eye hasa spiral passage or channel m, oblong in cross-section. The month i in the present instance is on a horizontal line, while the mouth 7.: is on a vertical line, so that if the cloth is passed in the guide-eye in a wide and flat state it will turn so that the width of the cloth will be vertical, and as this width of the cloth is presented to the rollers they crush the folds of cloth, recreasing the cloth as it passes through the rollers, at the same time removing the creases previously made by the rollers.

In the present instance I have shown only two guide-eyes in the washing-machine, but

it will be understood that as many guideeyes may be used as circumstances require. By this means I avoid the permanent creases heretofore made in cloth-washing machines having the simple circular eye, and which I have found show to a certain extent when the goods are dyed, leaving slight marks in the goods. Moreover, by refolding the cloth in its passage through the eye a thorough washing of the cloth is attained, removing all foreign matter from the cloth, giving it the best possible surface before receiving the dye.

It is to be noted that the guide-eye may be applied to machines other than cloth-washing machinesas, for instance, in yarn or cloth dyeing bleaching, and finishing machines.

The inlet and outlet of the guide-eye need not be at right angles to each other, as in some cases they may be at less than right angles and in some cases at more than right angles, the angle depending upon the material to be operated on and the application of the eye to certain machines.

I prefer to make the eye of porcelain or glass, so as to withstand wear, and the crossbar F, I prefer to make movable, so that by raising said cross-bar the eyes can be removed and other eyes substituted when necessary.

I claim as my invention 1. A guide-eye for cloth washing or dyeing machines, having its inner and outer ends at right angles to each other and connected by a spiral passage, said guideeye' being so constructed as to completely surround the cloth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the guide-eye having the spiral passage therein, shanks on said eye, and opposite cross-bars recessed for the reception of said shanks,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY J. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

HENRY HOWSON, HARRY SMITH. 

